Duke Robillard has pretty much reached a point in his career when he knows he doesn’t have to try to impress anyone. He can play what he wants, and if you want to come along for the ride, so much the better. With the Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke Robillard, which releases Friday, Robillard […]
Monday Morning Video – Robbie Fulks Covers Fountains of Wayne
Set aside his own impressive catalog, Robbie Fulks knows a good song when he hears one. Here’s an impressive cover of Fountains of Wayne’s brilliant power pop confection “The Girl I Can’t Forget.” A trombone and guitar solo? Fuggedaboutit. In true Fulks comedic fashion, the performance comes from a tribute night entitled “Fountains of Wayne […]
Readers’ Pick: Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends) by Pugwash
PUGWASH, Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends) beats out GARY CLARK JR., The Story of Sonny Boy Slim as your favorite for the week of September 11, 2015. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the […]
Photos that ROCK! Dynamic Duo: Session Americana & Sarah Borges at TCAN
Session Americana & Sarah Borges The Center for the Arts Natick (MA) August 28, 2015 Excuse me? Did you say that 2 of my favorite bands would be playing out in the ‘burbs right near me? Well, this lady found a babysitter for the little guy and got the hell to that show! It was […]
Guy Davis – Kokomo Kidd
Guy Davis is among the vanguard of musicians, including Keb’ Mo’, Eric Bibb, Otis Taylor, Alvin Youngblood Hart and Corey Harris, who have carried the blues torch lit by the post-war greats like Howlin’ Wolf, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and B.B. King.  His newest album, Kokomo Kidd, reminds us why Davis is a key voice in […]
Monday Morning Video – Kasey Chambers “Pretty Enough”
We recently wrote about Kasey Chamber’s great new album (here). Here’s a gem from her catalog, the moving “Pretty Enough” from 2008’s Barricades and Brick Walls.
Readers’ Pick: Three Red Feathers by The Blackberry Bushes Stringband
THE BLACKBERRY BUSHES STRINGBAND, Three Red Feathers beats out KEVIN GORDON, Long Time Gone as your favorite for the week of September 4, 2015. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Top 25 – Summer […]
John Mayall – Find a Way to Care
John Mayall is often called the “Godfather of British Blues,†but his legacy may include so much more than just pioneering the British blues. By introducing a generation of rock fans to the blues, he arguably had a hand in saving blues as a viable music form at a time in the 1960s when elderly bluesmen […]
Monday Morning Video – Frank Turner “Get Better”
For those in denial that summer is coming to a close (at least in the Northern Hemisphere), here’s Frank Turner to the rescue with a late summer anthem. The song, from the just released Positive Songs For Negative People, is both boisterous and inspirational: So try and get better and don’t ever accept less Take […]
Readers’ Pick: Numbers Man by Andy T Nick Nixon Band
ANDY T NICK NIXON BAND, Numbers Man beats out STEEP CANYON RANGERS, RADIO as your favorite for the week of August 28, 2015. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Top 25– Summer 2015 BOBBY […]